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Test Engineer – SC Cleared

United Kingdom, City of London, London · Job Posted June 15, 2026
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Whitehall Resources require a Test Engineer with active SC clearance to work with a key client on a 5-month initial contract. *Inside IR35. *Active SC clearance required.

Job Responsibility

  • Define the overall testing strategy, provide technical leadership and guidance to test engineering teams, and have oversight of all testing activities
  • Ensure that best practices are in place, and drive improvements by sharing knowledge and resources across teams
  • Able to think outside the box, ask the right questions and critically evaluate and communicate findings
  • Can absorb large amounts of conflicting information and use it to determine solutions
  • Manages planning of system and / or acceptance tests, coordinating both functional and non-functional specifications
  • Design and execute a wide range of non-functional testing techniques and communicate results to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Able to make decisions on running types of non-functional testing
  • Raise defects with the business and help prioritise them based on defect severity
  • Able to recognise when something does not work and encourages a mind-set of experimentation
  • Help teams to manage and visualise outcomes, prioritise work and work to agreed minimum viable product (MVP)
  • Makes sure that the right tools/methodologies are used and promotes the use of these
  • Has a deep understanding of the technical concepts required in their role and understands how these fit into the wider technical landscape
  • Understands the limitations of digital technology

Requirements

  • Active SC clearance
  • Senior Test Engineer will define the overall testing strategy, provide technical leadership and guidance to test engineering teams, and have oversight of all testing activities
  • Ensure that best practices are in place, and drive improvements by sharing knowledge and resources across teams
  • Able to think outside the box, ask the right questions and critically evaluate and communicate findings
  • Can absorb large amounts of conflicting information and use it to determine solutions
  • Manages planning of system and / or acceptance tests, coordinating both functional and non-functional specifications
  • Design and execute a wide range of non-functional testing techniques and communicate results to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Able to make decisions on running types of non-functional testing
  • Raise defects with the business and help prioritise them based on defect severity
  • Able to recognise when something does not work and encourages a mind-set of experimentation
  • Help teams to manage and visualise outcomes, prioritise work and work to agreed minimum viable product (MVP)
  • Makes sure that the right tools/methodologies are used and promotes the use of these
  • Has a deep understanding of the technical concepts required in their role and understands how these fit into the wider technical landscape
  • Understands the limitations of digital technology

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